Janet Jackson was at the peak of her musical prowess, but her label and managers did not want her first movie to be a black-dominated film. But JJ signed for John Singleton’s love story between a talented poet (Jackson) and a mail clerk with musical ambitions (Tupac Shakur). The film opened up at No. 1 despite screening in only half as many screens as the average widely released film. Where have we heard that one before?
